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removeChild

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The removeChild() method removes a child node from the current element.

Syntax

oldChild = element.removeChild(child)
 

Parameters

oldChild is the node that needs to be removed.

child is a node.

Example

// <div id="top" align="center"><div id="nested"/></div> d = document.getElementById("top"); d_nested = document.getElementById("nested"); throwaway_node = d.removeChild(d_nested);

Notes

None.

Specification

removeChild